I live in a bit of the country that has no mountains at all – plenty of other geological wonders but the odd steep hill is as mountainous as it gets. So with this in mind you can imagine…
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I seem to be on the ‘go slow’, blog-wise since my road-trip – I still have films to have processed too – unforgivable! The next stop after Liverpool was Caernarfon in north Wales. So you don’t ever forget you’re in Wales, they…
When I visit a new place I always think to myself could I imagine living here? When I visited Liverpool recently the answer was a big fat ‘yes’! It has the metropolitan vibe that I am realising is much more me than remote…
I love spies, spying, espionage, secrets, code-breaking – anything like that! I’m currently devouring the whole of John Le Carré’s ‘Smiley’ back catalogue on my Kindle and am absolutely beside myself with excitement that the new series of Homeland kicks off next…
I love it when I get to visit a place I’ve never been before – especially when it’s so close to home, relatively speaking. This is what happened last week. I can see why Cambridge gets so many visitors, it’s very…
I think the last time I visited The Natural History Museum in London was on a school trip – back in the days when it was just called The Natural Museum and all the dinosaurs were wandering around alive…
This was the first weekend in flippin’ ages where I had no commitments, no errands, no chores… well, OK, there were chores but I have a little trick I’ve perfected when it comes to those – I completely ignore…
This is actually an old photo from a previous trip to London, but rather appropriate, don’t you think? I wonder if the queen gets RSI in her waving hand? You’re jubilee’d out aren’t you. I know, I know! Me too. Trouble is, I’ve been stuck…
When I visit London I can hear the beating of my heart. At first the pulsing blood in my ears is loud; I am too slow and too careful. Being thrust among so many souls quickens me though and…
It was Bank Holiday Monday. We were eating brunch (a meal that became a lot less fun when I discovered it supposed to be instead of breakfast and lunch, not as well as). I was just about to shovel…